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Tribal Bird Carvings

Bis Pole Sculpture by Asmat People
Located in Atlanta, GA
out of a wild Mangrove tree and can reach a stunning height Their carvings depict stacked human and
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20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Antique Ethnic Artifact Sepik River Cassowary Bone from Papua New Guinea
Located in North Hollywood, CA
filled with tribal carvings, textiles and ethnographica. He acquired his first tribal piece in 1948
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Tribal Art

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Bone

19th Century Southeast Asian Patinated Bronze Mythical Garuda Bird
Located in Kensington, MD
Garuda is a mythological human-like bird on which the Lord Vishnu rode in both Hindu and Buddhist
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Antique 19th Century Indonesian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Unique Stone Archaic Style "Bird Chicken" Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unsigned unique piece. Very eye-catching. Stone archaic bird sculpture. Constructed of
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20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Cast Stone

Ritual Ladle of Wood and Coconut Shell from Timor Island, Indonesia, circa 1950s
Located in London, GB
consists of a delicate, wooden carved handle with bird finial. Relatively light in weight, it sits upon a
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Vintage 1950s Indonesian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Coconut

Antique Indian Bronze Parrot Figure oil Lamp Rajasthan 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
library and several rooms are filled with tribal carvings, textiles and ethnographica. He acquired his
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Antique Early 19th Century Indian Islamic Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Teak Wood Tribal Door, Hand-Carved, Timor Island, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
features a wonderful age related patina, tribal carvings on its top side as well as buffalo horns which
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Hardwood

Large Tribal Brown Hand-Carved Early 20th Century Ashanti Stool
Located in New York, NY
Ghana featuring scalloped and geometric forms on one side with a stylized bird on the other which is the
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Vintage 1920s Ghanaian Tribal Stools

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Wood

'Scratching Bird' Shona stone sculpture signed by Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
By Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Scratching Bird' is an original opal serpentine stone sculpture signed by the contemporary
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

'Bird Chicken' original Shona stone sculpture signed by Samuel Likongwe
By Samuel Likongwe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Bird Chicken' is an original opal serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbbwean artist Samuel
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

'Cobalt Bird' original signed Shona stone sculpture by Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
By Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. Trained in the Shona carving tradition, Mazhindu often sculpts abstracted birds, as in this example. This
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Stone

Kalao (Great Hornbill) Ibibio Wooden Sculpture, Nigeria.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Nigerian mystical bird. If you catch sight of one it is said to bring you prosperity. The Kalao carvings
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Rare 2 Faced Twin Lega Mask DRC Large Sized
Located in Torquay, GB
bird wing shaped carving on the very top. However, what makes the mask very interesting is the double
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Masks

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Wood, Paint

Rare 2 Faced Twin Lega Mask DRC Large Sized
Rare 2 Faced Twin Lega Mask DRC Large Sized
H 14.97 in W 9.45 in D 5.91 in
"Shona Chief, " Carved Serpentine Stone signed by Chemedu Jemali
By Chemedu Jemali
Located in Milwaukee, WI
carving, inspired by the success of his older brother, Chituwa, and became an established carver
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Early 2000s Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

'Ring of Hope' original signed Shona stone sculpture by Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
By Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and birds. A very skilled sculptor, he is comfortable carving the harder varieties of stone
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Stone

'Family' original signed Shona stone sculpture by Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
By Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
Located in Milwaukee, WI
creating his own unique style. He mainly enjoys carving abstract figures and birds. A very skilled
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

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Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print.
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Nude Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Nude Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Vintage Bronze Mythical Cherub Creatures Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Bronze Mythical Cherub creatures coffee table with glass top Offered for sale is a vintage bronze coffee table depicting two mythical cherub or mermaid-like creatures supp...
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Late 20th Century Classical Greek Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Bronze

Pre-17th Century Extremely Rare & Complete Elephant Bird Egg, Madagascar
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An extremely rare elephant bird egg, completely intact. The Elephant Bird, formally categorised as Aepyornis Maximus, is an enormous flightless bird native to Madagascar. Standing as...
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Antique Early 17th Century Malagasy Taxidermy

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Eggshell

Large Spanish Horse Woman Porcelain Sculpture by Lladro, 1960s
By Lladro
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Porcelain Sculpture: Lady on Horse Large Sculpture by Lladró, Spain, 1960s Very rare Lladró "Horsewoman" #1036 Spanish Name "Amazona" Item Number Alias 1036M Issued: 1969 Retir...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Russian 19th Century School: Icon Painted in Watercolor with Inscriptions -1X37
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Transport yourself to the mystical world of Russian art with this 19th-century icon, crafted in watercolor with inscriptions dating back to the 1880s. Executed on a cardboard support...
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Antique 1880s Religious Items

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Canvas

Ethno Design Massim People, Trobiand Islands, Wooden Charm Pig Sculpture
Located in Leuven , BE
Late 19th to early 20th century New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay, Massim People carved wooden pigs with incised decoration and flat paddle-style tails. The National Museum of...
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Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Indonesian Garuda brass bell
Located in Chonburi, TH
This Antique Indonesian Garuda brass bell is a truly exceptional piece that embodies the magnificence and symbolism of the mythical Garuda bird in Indonesian culture. Crafted with ex...
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Metalwork

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Brass

Large Woman Torso Sculpture
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Stone Statue of Female Torso: If you’re looking for a stone statue for the garden, this female torso sculpture is the perfect choice. It’ll also look great inside in a contemporar...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Beaux Arts Busts

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Stone, Cement

Large Woman Torso Sculpture
Large Woman Torso Sculpture
H 25 in W 9.5 in D 6 in
Abstract Signed Cubist Bronze Sculpture "Cats" Chicago Bauhaus Woman Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is just for the sculpture. (the picture of the ad is for reference and is not included.) Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier was an artist, writer and arts activist who worked in t...
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1960s Cubist Abstract Sculptures

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Travertine, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Horloge à Poser, by Henri Picard and Fedinand Barbedienne - ‘F. Barbédienne & Cie. / A Paris’, after the model by É...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

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Bronze, Ormolu

West African Lobi People "Bateba Ti Bala" Fertility Figure in Carved Wood
Located in Miami, FL
From the West African country of Bukina Faso this Lobi People "Bateba Ti Bala" fertility Figure in carved wood would typically be placed in the ‘thilda’, a shrine or small room withi...
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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Hayagriva with Consort Vajravarahi, circa 1800, Tibet
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic and powerful Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva and his consort Vajravarahi, created in Tibet for the Chinese market, 18th/19th century, Tibet. The wrathful de...
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Antique Early 1800s Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Egyptian scarab as a commemorative of Ramesses II or prenomen of Shoshenq III
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
ITEM: Scarab as a commemorative of Ramesses II or prenomen of Shoshenq III MATERIAL: Black steatite CULTURE: Egyptian PERIOD: New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, 1279 – 664 B.C...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities

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Stone

Large Carved Wood 'Man & Woman' Figural African Folk Sculpture
Located in Glendale, CA
Large carved wood 'Man & Woman' figural African Folk sculpture. An expressive pair of human figures exquisitely handcrafted from richly colored wood and mounted independently on a me...
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20th Century African Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

One Pistol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol began using the big-shot Polaroid camera in 1971 and continued using it religiously until his death in 1987. Despite the camera being discontinued in 1973, he continued t...
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1980s American Modern Black and White Photography

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Polaroid

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Yoruba Wooden Stool
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
of these objects. This magnificent stool is a masterpiece of Yoruba wood carving. The overall form
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Yoruba Wooden Stool
Yoruba Wooden Stool
H 12 in W 11.5 in D 11.5 in
Late 19th Century Vanuatu Canoe Prow, "Naho"
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautifully worn carved "Naho", featuring a stylized bird, adze marks, some encrustation and dark
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Antique Late 19th Century Vanuatuan Tribal Art

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Wood

Late 19th Century Vanuatu Canoe Prow, "Naho"
Late 19th Century Vanuatu Canoe Prow, "Naho"
H 14.18 in W 20.48 in D 4.34 in
Vintage African Ashanti Stool, Asegua, Ghana, Late 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
carved out design of a long necked bird ( a clan reference ) within a circle , additional surface
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Vintage 1980s Ghanaian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Tribal House Pillar, Tharu of Nepal Mid-20th Century, Metal Base
Located in Point Richmond, CA
carvings of elephants and birds and other animals, as well as of symbols familiar and important to the
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Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Vintage Solid Teak Storage Box with Carvings, Java, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage solid teak storage box with carvings. Java, Early to Mid-20th Century. This absolutely
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Mid-20th Century Javanese Folk Art Tribal Art

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Teak

Giant Partly Painted Senufo Bird Sculpture Cote D'ivoire Early 20th C
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This Giant bird sculpture by the Senufo People of Cote d'ivoire in Africa has its inspiration from
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Paint

China Pair of Gilt Silver & Bronze Fragrance Incense Holders, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
and bronze with traces of green verdigris from appropriate age. Note the Liao imperial bird of
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze, Silver

Old Tribal Wooden Bowl, Siassi Island Papua New Guinea, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Tribal Wooden bowl, Siassi Island Papua New Guinea, Mid-20th Century Hewn and shaped by hand
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Mid-20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Decorative Bowls

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Wood

'Good Student' original signed Shona stone sculpture by Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
By Wonder Mazhindu Bumhira
Located in Milwaukee, WI
focused on creating his own unique style. He mainly enjoys carving abstract figures and birds. A very
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

Goodbye Summer
By Alden Mason
Located in Palm Springs, CA
paint. His studio is "chock-a-block with bird watching books, some tribal carvings from halfway around
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Goodbye Summer
Goodbye Summer
H 72 in W 80 in D 1.75 in
Chinese 19 Century Wood Carving Ancestor Flying on Crane Mounted Plexi Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese 18th/19 century wood carving with Ancestor holding an open book flying on the back of a
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Antique 19th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Tribal Art

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Wood

Canoe Prow in the Style of Papua New Guinea
Located in Milford, NH
This wooden carving with pigment decoration is a quality example of the type carved from a used
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20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Tribal Art

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Wood

Early 20th Century Nigerian Nupe Stool with Animal Motifs
Located in Chicago, IL
of the wood always runs horizontally. The mixture of crisp edges, graceful curves, abstract carvings
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Art

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Wood

Wooden Lintel Frieze, South India, Late 19th-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Wooden Lintel Frieze carved in deep relief with two stylized birds, both facing inwards towards an
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

Set of Two Carved Wooden Tools with Human Faces from Nias, Indonesia
Located in London, GB
and bird-like elegance. Each figure has three hole piercings on each side most likely as conduits of
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Vintage 1960s Indonesian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

African Stool, Ivory Coast, Baule Tribe
Located in Atlanta, GA
African Stool, Ivory Coast, Baule Tribe, with birds carving
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20th Century South African Tribal Tribal Art

African Stool, Ivory Coast, Baule Tribe
African Stool, Ivory Coast, Baule Tribe
H 15 in W 21.5 in D 17.5 in
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Tribal Bird Carvings For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of tribal bird carvings for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique tribal bird carvings was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, paint and bronze. Tribal bird carvings have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Tribal bird carvings have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Chemedu Jemali are consistently popular.

How Much are Tribal Bird Carvings?

Prices for tribal bird carvings start at $443 and top out at $8,850 with the average selling for $4,590.